The Assessment of British Hedgehog [Erinaceus europaeus] Casualties on Arrival and Determination of Optimum Release Weights Using a New Index - Table 1

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The Assessment of British Hedgehog [Erinaceus europaeus] Casualties on Arrival and Determination of Optimum Release Weights Using a New Index

TABLE 1

Age, weight and Hedgehog Index (BI) in a litter of eight siblings
[values for weight (g) are shown in normal type, BI in bold]

Age (days)	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
Animal A	131	138	137	140	149	171	185	195	210	200	220 0.81	230	235	235
Animal B	126	132	129	135	142	161	162	163	181	181	196 0.81	205	215	205
Animal C	118	120	125	142	157	175	193	205	220	235	260 0.82	270	260	245
Animal D	155	164	163	170	191	200	200	215	220	238	250 0.83	265	260	275
Animal E	129	136	132	125	131	145	150	148	162	169	178 0.83	190	190	184
Animal F	149	161	159	161	180	205	199	210	210	235	240 0.83	240	240	255
Animal G	128	140	132	142	144	167	175	169	184	190	205 0.80	215	220	210
Animal H	143	151	152	157	170	189	184	195	198	225	220 0.83	230	230	240
Average	135	143	141	147	158	177	181	188	198	209	221 0.82	231	231	231

Age (days)	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54
Animal A	245	275 0.81	287	310	320 0.83	325	345	335 0.84	340 0.84	355	355 0.81	365 0.84	355	380	410 0.80
Animal B	225	260 0.80	275	293	315 0.82	325	340	377 0.83	370 0.82	385	410 0.82	430 0.82	420	460	465 0.81
Animal C	270	290 0.81	320	310	325 0.81	360	340	375 0.80	370 0.80	380	400 0.81	415 0.83	385	425	420 0.80
Animal D	295	305 0.79	340	348	345 0.80	360	390	385 0.79	425 0.81	430	450 0.80	465 0.79	475	490	535 0.84
Animal E	200	230 0.78	232	250	270 0.76	290	300	315 0.80	325 0.80	340	325 0.80	358 0.79	355	370	380 0.82
Animal F	270	298 0.84	305	310	335 0.83	330	365	390 0.88	405 0.84	420	435 0.83	455 0.78	465	485	508 0.85
Animal G	232	270 0.79	275	300	305 0.78	328	350	365 0.83	355 0.83	375	400 0.76	415 0.77	420	425	445 0.83
Animal H	260	275 0.79	310	300	320 0.78	340	335	360 0.84	375 0.82	380	402 0.80	410 0.79	---	445	460 0.81
Average	250	275 0.80	293	303	317 0.80	332	346	363 0.83	371 0.82	383	397 0.80	414 0.80	---	435	453 0.82

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